Since I obviously think it was a good suggestion, I think it is good to provide a link
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicouncil/Resolution Cheers Yaroslav On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:54:35 +0100, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > While reading the detailed "Legal and Community Advocacy/LCA Announcement", > on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/LCA_Announcement , I stumbled > upon the following sentence: "We would like to build a community advisory > board to reinforce our commitment to a global perspective while > understanding and promoting communities beyond English Wikipedia". This was > quite a big news for me - and something worth much more than a simple side > sentence in the details section of a department reshuffling announcement, > so I'll be starting this thread. > > As many will know, I have always been a supporter of the Wikimedia > Foundation asking more structural feedback and active input from the > community. I don't believe myself that this 'Foundation-l' is the best > venue for that, nor any of the other communication channels we have at our > availability right now. In the past I have proposed a "Volunteer Council" > which the board did not want to back up and died in silence. In the past > several other mechanisms with similar goals have been proposed. > > So, at this announcement I see a good side - this 'community advisory > board' could bring us exactly that: a more structural approach to getting > continuous community input on Foundation governance decisions - other than > having a board member election every two years. If we were to call it > 'community advisory board' (who cares about the name) and still give it the > same rights (right for information, right to be asked for its opinion > before certain decisions are being made, right to give unasked advice, > right to veto certain decisions even?) then it would be great news. But > somehow I don't have the feeling that this department is aiming for that. > > So I hope it can be elaborated a bit what is a) the authority of this > advisory board (who decided to build it - board, ED or team), b) what will > be the purpose and c) what will be the rights. I know you won't have all > detailed answers yet because you need to enter a consultation process with > the community before setting such steps (which I am grateful for) but I > would like to get a little more insight in the direction you want to aim > for. > > Finally, I hope that in case this 'advisory board' is indeed toothless and > very topic centered, I hope that this is being made obvious in its name as > well. And I hope too that this wouldn't hold back people from keeping > asking for a 'real' volunteer council. > > Best, > Lodewijk > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l